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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-23, Page 4Page 4 —Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 23, 1988 C P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 CIPCULATION BLUE RI88DA AWARD 1988 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor • Pat Livingston -General Manager $1 790 Outside Canada $6090 S1490 Outside Canada 55800 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. We have spoken The people of Canada have spoken and the things they've said, in the wake of Monday's federal election, are numerous. They've said that free trade is supported by the majority of Cana- dians. Due to the fact that this was from the outset a one issue election, that statement was made clear in returning the Conservatives to power with a majority. We also learned from this election that political polls don't tell the story at all. For a week prior to election day, popularity polls had the Liberals and the Conservatives neck and neck and this was clearly not borne out. By staging back-to-back Conservative majority governments, Brian Mulroney has become the most popular Conservative since John A. McDonald. But more than just giving Mulroney a mandate, this election served to elevate the awareness of the complicated subtleties of the trade agreement with the United States. It highlighted the opportunities as well as the drawbacks and forced Canadians to take a look and make a decision. And this in itself has to be seen as a positive note. This election also showed that for the first time ever, an alliance has been formed between Quebec and the federal government. By vocally throwing his support behind the Free Trade deal, the premier of that province literally gave Quebec to the P.C.'s. Again this must be viewed as a positive by-product. And for Ed Broadbent and his NDP this battle has been a moral vic- tory. With the largest caucus ever elected to parliament, Mr. Broad- bent has a stronger voice there. For the Liberals, who must clearly be the most disappointed follow- ing the closing of the polls, this election has given an opportunity to clear the slate and start anew: The people have spoken. R.B. Whew ! Thank the Good Lord that's over with. The elections I mean. Now we can get back to hearing less about where the leaders are today, and more about how the Maple Leafs are doing. I for one got a little tired of seeing Mulroney, Turner and Broadbent heading up the six o'clock news everynight. For a while there, if Brian burped in public we'd get the sound clip on television. Then we'd get John's reaction and, of course, of Ed would have to have his say as well...equal time for all parties and all that. Butnow it's over. The colourful but cluttering 'Vote For...' signs that have littered our roadways and ditches for the past month will soon be gone. So will all the campaign brochures that crammed our mail boxes. Good riddance to the daily polls and statistics, farewell to the all candidates meetings, so long and see ya later to the door-to-door baby shaking and hand kissing. Now that the elections, both federal and municipal, are in the record books, we can all look forward to spending the next three or four years complaining about who we elected to office. We heard so much election stuff over the past little while, what with the American presidential race, the local civic campaign and on top of it all the big dogs in federal politics, that mud -slinging and the latest poll became a way of life for most of us. Thank heavens Christmas is upon us. It gives us a way to wean ourselves off all the campaign trail glitter we've been forced to become accustomed to recently. I think it was James J. Kilpatrick who said "Those who feed on politics learn ear- ly to dine on baloney" and that statement has never been truer in the wake of the elections overload Canadians have been subject to of late. Personally, I've had my fill of the baloney and am looking forward to rum ON THE SIDE by Rob Bundy cakes and shortbread cookies. "Congrats" to the winners, "Better luck next time" to the others, and "Take your time calling another one" to the newly elected powers that be. But on to other matters. Have you ever noticed how bad weather brings out the statistician in all of us? We are currently in the midst of "the worst autumn in history". This following the "driest summer on record" and the "hotest July ever". It's funny how, when the conversation turns to the weather - which it invariably does - we all seem to know that this is the worst, best, wettest, driest, hottest or col- dest day, month, season or year. If, during this past summer, you made the mistake to say to your neighbour, "Gee, it sure is hot today". The answer was always, "Yep, hottest day since June 7, 1895." It happened to me this week. I mention- ed how miserable it was one particular morning and the fella next door agreed and started spouting on about dates, temperatures and accumulated rain falls. It was real boring stuff to listen to, but less than half an hour later, I had repeated it at least twice to other neighbours. So, just to set the record straight and to get this out or my system, let's all agree here and now that this IS the worst autumn in. history with the most amount of rainfall and the coldest overall temperatures. And the coming winter will be the col- dest, snowiest, longest and windiest There, I don't want to hear another word about it. Have a good week...the best on record. 70 years ago November 21, 1918 Way over the top - District number 15, that of Lucknow and Kinloss, was over the top in the Victory Loan Campaign recently staged by 200 per cent. In the 1918 cam- paign just completed, and out of 24 districts in the County of Bruce, Lucknow and Kinloss lead them all by a good margin with a total of $268,000 in subscriptions. Congratulations to all in this district. Speaking in Lucknow - Mr. George Spot - ton, Conservative candidate in North Huron, will give a lecture entitled "The Kaiser Band in Tory Land, or How to Steal Conventions" in the Lucknow Town Hall this Saturday evening. There will be other entertainment in°the way of vocal and instrumental music as well. This lecture drew huge crowds in Wingham. There is no admission charge and all are invited. 50 years ago November 24, 1938 Butter stolen - Thieves who broke into SENTINEL MEMOIRS the Cargill branch of the Silverwood's Dairies ten days ago, stealing over six hun- dred pounds of butter, have so far evaded arrest. Entrance was gained to the well locked building only after much prying and forc- ing of the locked and barred doors. The thieves reached the butter room and made off with ten boxes of butter. Several cases of eggs were left behind as if the robbers made a hurried exit. Raids in that area were also made on a flock of turkeys, while eleven head of cat- tle were recently reported missing from the field they were pastured in. Whether or not the thefts had any connection is not known at this time. Money has been found - To have lost, as he believed, the sum of over $50, and to find it again in his pant cuff after a worried search, was the experience of Mr. George McRoberts of St. Helens last week. While shopping in Lucknow on Thurs- day, Mr. McRoberts missed his wallet. An immediate search was started, but that proved fruitless until the billforld was finally discovered in his pant cuff beneath his overalls. It appears that the wallet that the wallet was lipped into the side opneing of the overalls, in mistake for the overalls pocket, and slip down the trouser leg to become firmly lodged in the cuff, 25 years ago November 20, 1963 Artificial ice project - The sale of the former United Church shed for conversion to a bowling alley, gives the Lucknow Lions Club a boost in a big way financially for the biggest and most costly project the club has ever undertaken - the installation of artifical ice and the laying of a perma- nent concrete floor in the local arena. Private donations by both village and rural folk made possible the purchase of the shed. It was sold for $1,600. Ashfield buys new road grader - The Township of Ashfield has received delivery of a new Champion Raod Grader from the plant in Goderich. Their bid was the lowest of all those recived. The new machine cost the township $17,808 with the trade-in of its old grader. A full 50 per cent of the cost is to be paid through a provin- cial subsidy. Ashfield council will finance the pur- chase by paying $7,808 in December and the remaining $10,000 in January. John Nicholson is the municipal garder operator for the township. 10 years ago November 22, 1978 OPP report to council - Constable Andy Burgess and Sgt. Dave Almond of the Kin- cardine OPP Detachment attended the regular November meeting of the Lucknow Village Council last week. Sgt. Almond said that the Kincardine OPP is aware that there are some con- cerns over the policing of this community and he apologized for not attending the August meeting. If council's invitation has reached his desk in time, he said, he cer- tainly would have attended. He also pointed out that the OPP have laid some 165 liquor charges since January and that of those, 55 were laid in Lucknow - one-third of the total.